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Thu 14/07/05 at 15:53
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"thursdayton!"
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It's out tomorrow night, and I can't be the only Harry Potter fan on here. I shall be entering into the spirit of things and picking up my copy around midnight.

Unfortunately I know what happens.. thanks to the brilliance of the internet I had some spoilers thrust at me earlier. An important character turns bad and kills another important character, something I could have done without knowing, but still.

Anyone else looking forward to it?
Thu 21/07/05 at 16:07
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Forgot about that locket... 2 years gone by - I'll need to read the whole lot again when that last one comes in.
Regulus said something about "breaking" it though.
Perhaps he broke the "Horcrux" spell without damaging the artifact.
As to Harry being a Horcrux, the prophesy says something only one of them can survive, so I'm not sure if Harry could be holding any of Voldemorts vitality.
Thu 21/07/05 at 16:02
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"thursdayton!"
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Strafio wrote:
> What did everyone make of that note in the locket?

R.A.B is Regulus Black, methinks. They found a "heavy locket no one could open" when cleaning the Black household in book 5.

And I think Harry is a horcrux. *Nods*
Thu 21/07/05 at 15:54
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Meh. Kept away from this topic until I got my hands on the book.
Tphi's topic gave me a little more than I wanted to know (a good guy turns bad) but I wasn't 100% sure who.

Talking of the 5th book, I think that the problem it had was that the fourth one had built up to Voldemort being unleashed into the real world, that it was about to get really dark and intense.
Then the next one comes along and the best Voldemort does is give Harry a few nightmares (although he does manage to set up that ambush right at the end) so the lord of darkness ends up getting completely overshadowed by the stupid bint Umbridge. Bit of an anti-climax in that respect.
Although looking back, that whole DA stuff and showing up of the Ministry of Magic was fairly important.

**SPOILERS**

After crying wolf in every other book, Harry's finally got it right about Snape and Malfoy and nobody believes him. What did everyone make of that note in the locket?
I'm thinking it's from Siruis brother who'd been killed for deserting the Death Eaters at some point. I can see his "history" leading Harry for clues to where the rest of those Horcrux things are.
Tue 19/07/05 at 09:35
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Chippxero wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Just to see that girl fall to her knees and "NOOOOOOOO!"
> at
> the sky.
>
> She should have done the vader scene at the end of episode 3.

Heh heh... that was the highlight of the film... made everyone laugh.

Just finished reading Half-Blood Prince. I was on this forum yesterday, but the moment I saw the word 'spoler', I left.

Bet that guy got punched by the woman...
Mon 18/07/05 at 15:16
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"thursdayton!"
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Yeah, fair enough.
> But midnight openings ...? The hype is just terrible, and there's a
> million other books more deserving of the attention.

If it gets kids reading who wouldn't normally, I don't see any problems with hype. And you could argue after they finish their HP book, they'll go read something else - one of the other million books deserving their attention.
Mon 18/07/05 at 14:05
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Hmm, this thread had 666 views when I looked in (although it will obviously have 667 now, had to point it out).

This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Harry Potter is the work of the devil.
Mon 18/07/05 at 11:40
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Tphi wrote:
> FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Read a proper book, woman.
>
> Ah they're fun books, leave them alone.

Yeah, fair enough.
But midnight openings ...? The hype is just terrible, and there's a million other books more deserving of the attention.
Mon 18/07/05 at 01:43
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Just to see that girl fall to her knees and "NOOOOOOOO!" at
> the sky.

She should have done the vader scene at the end of episode 3.
Mon 18/07/05 at 00:24
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"thursdayton!"
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Read a proper book, woman.

Ah they're fun books, leave them alone.

I was tempted to do that in the bookshop when I went at midnight.. I did know the ending so could have spoilt it for the room, but the kiddies had brought a couple of evil looking parents who would have smacked me one so decided against it..
Sun 17/07/05 at 21:20
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Cruel, yes, but still brilliant.
Just to see that girl fall to her knees and "NOOOOOOOO!" at the sky.

Read a proper book, woman.

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